domestic water requirements of the population in all the urban areas with

population exceeding one million as well as identification of the water

resources, which could be tapped to meet the demand of these areas.
Chairman, CWC is the Co-Chairman of the Steering Committee and Chairman,
CGWB; Member (RM); CWC; Joint Secretary (UD), MOUD; Advisor (CPHEEO),
MOUD; Director (NIH), Director (HUDCO) and Commissioner (PP), MOWR are
the Members and Chief Engineer (BPMO), CWC is the Member Secretary of the
Committee. The Regional Committees under the chairmanship of
Regional/Field Chief Engineers of CWC consisting of Regional Director, CGWB,
Chief Engineer (Major/Medium Irrigation) of State Governments, Chief
Engineer (PHED) of State Governments as members and Director of the
Regional Office of CWC as Member-Secretary were also constituted to assist
the Steering Committee in preparation of the status Report. 35 Urban
Agglomerations (UAs)/Cities having population of more than one million as
per the Census 2001 were identified for preparation of the status report.

By the end of the financial year 2003-2004, 26 reports received from

the Regional Committees were sent to MoWR.

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